Student poverty increases in Wisconsin schools, May 28, 2014, Wisconsin State Journal: “The percentage of Wisconsin public school students in poverty continues to increase. The Department of Public Instruction reports Wednesday that 43.3 percent of students were receiving free or reduced price lunches this school year. That is up by 625 students, or 0.1 percent, from the previous year. That is 13.8 percent higher than a decade ago. . .”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty